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Processor maxes out
I have a Dimension 8400 with a pentium 4, 3.0ghz processor, and 2.5 GB of ram. The problem is every time I run a program, even a small simple one, it maxes out my processor to 100% for a long time. I'm not able to multi-task at all. If I try to run two programs at once, it really bogs down. Any suggestions? I have cleaned out unneeded files, ran a disk fragmenter program, and did a PC tune up. It still taks forever to load and run programs.
- I have sp2 and all other critical updates installed. Windows is set up to automatically update itself. I also have windows defender, and Norton systemworks installed. When I run the Norton one button check up, it is the only program running, and it takes over 10 minutes to run through a cycle, and it does not find a whole lot to repair.
@sccpoa wrote:
Task manager:
Applications: SBC yahoo and Norton system works/ one button check up are running.
Processes: 77
CPU usage: 100%
Commit charge: 525m/ 4961m
PF usage: 562mb
You got 77 processes running with no programs loaded! Thats part of you problem right there. Find out what processes are running that your not using and kill them. If that solves your problem then use msconfig to keep those from loading at bootup. If they are programs that you don't use, uninstall them.
My computer is loaded with all kinds of stuff and at the most I show 30 processes running at any one time.- Ok, it seems I'm not being clear enough. Sorry. Lets start over.
You said your CPU is maxing out when you run a program. Ok, so what you need to do is to reproduce this condition by running a program, then check task manager to see if it's your program or something else that is causing the CPU to run at 100%. Then you need to post that information here.
Am I being clear what I am asking?
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Posted August 19th, 2006 10:00